Travels

[jawnbc]

I've had the privilege of travelling quite a bit. Here's a photo taken while snorkelling on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands:



I'm in the UBC t-shirt. To quote the musical Carousel, lookit that clam!

Ten years working in the travel industry made into quite the travel slut. And I still feel compelled to travel, though I actually have to pay regular prices to do it. Here's some of the places I've been:

All of Western Europe 'cept Portugal, Norway, Iceland and those piddlin' principalities, Japan, Singapore, Java, Bali, Australia, NZ, Cook Islands, French Polynesia ("Tahiti"), Fiji, Jordan, South Africa, Mexico, Caribbean...plus much of Canada (BC/AB/ON/QB/NS/NF/PE/NB) and the US (ME/CT/MA/NH/VT/NY/NJ/PA/MD/DC/VA/FL/TX/NV/ID/WY/MT/CO/CA/OR/WA/AS/HI).

In other words, I bin dere, I done dat. Or quite a lot anyway.

So time for my first LJ poll:

[Poll #127047]

In about 25 sleeps I'll be back in Hongcouver for a visit--cannot wait.

Comments

[chrisglass.livejournal.com]

and you havent been to Ohio! tsk tsk tsk.

[jawnbc]

No...have missed much of the middle. And only through O'Hare, never been to Chicago. I know I've disappointed you...please find it in your heart to forgive me...

[ruralrob.livejournal.com]

Oooh oooh. I'm feeling clammy all over! But I answered the poll - and I don't usually answer polls - so don't expect anthing too deep.....

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

You're still harping about Ohio? jeeeeeze! *wink* The only states I have not been to are: WA/UT/MT/ND/SD/WI/ME/VA/MD/WY/AK/HI. I've driven across the US over 15 times so far. :-)

[jawnbc]

You've been everywhere man!

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

Compared to you? Puhleeeeze. Outside the US, Jamaica, Dominican Rep, Italy, Baja Calif, Puerto Rico (but it's part of the US) all when I was racing bicycles.

[barak.livejournal.com]

You do need to visit Wisconsin, matey!

[jawnbc]

I'm waiting for your personal, cheese-head tour!

[bearchow.livejournal.com]

Those cheese-heads have a lot in common with the canucks ... like hockey, beers, skiing, and liberalism to name a few ... but we definitely don't have a Wisconsin Dell in canuckland!

[jawnbc]

Uh Dan danlmarmot, did you mean Lazy Bear Weekend?

Too funny!

[guywithmonsters.livejournal.com]

What's Baja like? I've always wanted ot go.

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

Well, I made a mistake saying I raced in Baja Calif., although I certainly went there. I chose to use my trips as a retreat, something I do on a regular basis, and stayed about one-third of the way down the west coast. It was pretty isolated because I was camped out but, the water was beautiful and intense blue. Tijuana was a place I tried to avoid by driving thru at odd hours to miss the heavy traffic. Things have changed since I was there last. I was living in L.A. and I moved out of there in 1971. ;-) Meditative retreats, isolated away from civilization, are an important part of my life.

[guywithmonsters.livejournal.com]

That sounds like I imagined it. Retreats are important. I don't get to do them often and it's usually only for a day or so. Isolated areas are a little hard to come by as day trips here. I usually settle for some alone time someplace quiet - like the beach in winter.

[minimac.livejournal.com]

*Sigh*...makes me want to go on another cruise!

[jawnbc]

*Sigh*...makes me want to go on another cruise!

Cruise? Cruise! We wanna go too! I've mostly sailed Holland America, though also did the Windstar once.....


Me love cruises!

[minimac.livejournal.com]

There's nothing like sailing on the open ocean. I just realized that it's been three years since my one (and only) cruise! We sailed on Royal Caribbean to Key West, Mexico, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica. I would love to go on another...if I can just find the time (and the money!).

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

I've never done a cruise but I probably didn't tell you I lived in a boat moored out in the bay here in Miami for 3 yrs. I used to go sailing pretty often, although my boat was a live-aboard and stayed in the same place. It took me about 15 min. to row to shore but it was a fun time. Biggest boat I've sailed on was about 30 ft. :-)

[jawnbc]

Chartered a 35ft-er this past summer out of Mallorca...sounded like a good idea. While I don't get seasick I do get people-sick from a lack of personal space. 6 of us (plus semi-hunky Dutch hired captain, and you know what Dutch means), so only 4 could comfortably sun at any time (3 were English, so that wasn't a problem), kinda sweaty to sleep, blah blah blah.

Bottom line is I'm a cruise, not a sailor. Not ruling it out, but not planning it again anytime soon.

:)